Haughey suspected air corps was spying on him

Master of political intrigue Charles Haughey believed the tables had been turned on him in the 1980s and suspected the air corps was being used to spy on his activities.

Languishing in opposition, Mr Haughey feared the Fine Gael/Labour government of 1982-87 may have ordered reconnaissance flights over his private Kerry island of Inishvickillane.

Haughey family papers donated to the Blasket Island Centre, Dunquin, reveal the level of the former taoiseach’s disquiet at the flights.